- Member since
December 2002
- From: Massachusetts
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Posted by ajlafleche
on Friday, December 29, 2006 3:03 PM
 Doom Grr wrote: | | can i have some of your skills? |
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![Blush [:I]](/emoticons/icon_smile_blush.gif) Thanks. Here's the key to my skills. Practice, practice, practice: I painted my first real figures nearly 30 years ago. Try to hook up with a group of figure painters. Attend figure based shows, if possible and attend any seminars offered. Because figure competition is based on the open system, there seems to be more willilngness to share techniques, since your getting bettter is not any kind of threat to the guy who's more skilled getting an award. If you ever get the chance to hear Alan and Marion Ball talk, do so. They are a great and talented couple. Read the figure magazines, yeah, I know, they're pricy. And did I mention practice? Keep track of your color and shading/highilighting recipes. Oh, yeah, practice.
Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.
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